Cuff-link.



C. A. RIU/IER & B. HENDHICKS.

CUFF LINK.

`APPLlcATIoN FILED 1AN.20.1916.

Lim Patented May 15, 9172:

/1 TOHNEYS CARLI. A. manna. AND

:BRANDON HENDRICKS, OF NEW YORK; N. Y.

l CUFF-LINK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 'May l?. ltll.

Application filed January 20, 1916. Serial No. 73,161.

T 0 all whom may concern:

Be it known that We, CARLI. A. Rnmnn and Baannox llnxninons, citizens'of the U ited States, and residents of New* York, in the countyoii NewYork and State ot' New Yorl ,'lia\'e invented certain new and uset'ulImprovements in Cut-Links, ot' which the following is afspeciticaton.

Our invention relates to culi' links, and the main objeetthereoitl is toprovide such articles ot' wear which will permit pulling the cutl's ot'a shirt up on the arms to or above the elbows without the` necessity fordetaching the links from the cutis as is necessary with the conventionallinks, and which, in any adjusted positions ot' the cuffs on the arms,tensionally hold the eutls thereat.

Our invention is fully described in the following; specification, o'twhich the accompanying,- drawings 'forni a part, in which likecharacters refer to like parts in each of the W'iews, and in which z-Our invention comprises a `button head in pivotal connection with an eyei on a cylinder S open at the end opposite said eye i though inwardlyflanged as shown at 9. a

button head 1.0 in pivotal connection with an eye 1l on a bolt 12telescoped within the cylinder 8 and provided with a head 13011 the endwithin said cylinder and against which head 13 a coil spring llt bears,r the opposite end of said spring bearing against- `a Washer shapedplate 15 held within the cylinder 8 by the flange 9, said springnormally holding.r the head-13 of the rod or bolt 1Q against the closedend o't' said cylinder.

When the button heads and 1() are forceably drawn apart` as by pullinglthe shirt cutl's upwardly on the arm of a wearer. the spi-ing 14 is'collapsed in a degree corresponding' to the separation ot the buttonheads but constantly resisting such separation, with the result that theshirt cuffs are 'tensionally held in any adjusted position.

the spring' being` made ol sullicieut strength to accomplish this resultthough not of sntlicient strength to produce uncomfortable pressure onthe arm ofthe wearer.

ll'hile we are aware that button heads have been linked togetherbyineans of an elastic element` our invention reveals a novel featurethereovcr by reason of the fact that the separation of the button headsis limited, our springl being.;l compressed and not extended in theseparation ot' the button heads as in the devices otl this class nowknown to us` wherebyY we avoid the` fault ot' the old iorms that theextensible springeA eventually is permanently elongated 'and the linksmade useless.

The c vliinler S will be made of small diameter though ot' sullicientstrength to meet possible strains. and we may provide button heads olvarious designs and construct the links oi' any desired materials` theinvention being' based upon the spring resisted separation ol thelbutton heads in a limited degree without injury to any part ot' thelinks.

llaving fully described our invention. what wc claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A entf link` comprising a cylinder open at one end. a rod telescopedtherein and provided with a head` a coil spring: around saidl rod oneend ot' which bears against said l aid and the other end ot which hearsagainst the cylinder at its open end. a button head car- -ried by said cvlinder at its closed end. and

a button head carried b v said rod at its outer end. A

2. A cull" link comprising a cylinder having' an eye at one end` abutton head in pivotal connection with said eye.- a rod extendingintothe cylinde` and having a head at the end within the c vlinder and aneye at the end outside ot' said cylinder7 a button a A t 1.326378 headin pivotal connection .with the eye of name/s tqthis specification inthe presenceof the rod, and a coil spring surrounding the twosubscribing Witnessesz rod in the cylinder and having one end en- CAR-LLA. RIEMER. lgaging the head of the rod and its other BRANDON HENDRICKS..5 end engagin the end 'of the cylinderh Witnesses: through Whc therodextends. f 'GEQRGE H. EMsLm,

^ Intestimony whereof we havesigned our ,i PHIL@ D. ROLLHUH.

